Weird 8-inch floppy disk

Brian Marstella brian at marstella.net
Tue Dec 2 00:04:39 CST 2014


David,

I think these might actually be Stamco brand. One of my uncles had a 
machine that used a disk that looked like this but unfortunately he 
can't remember any of the details. This was back in the mid- to 
late-70's, I think and he only had it for a short time as I recall. If 
one of us remembers anything more I'll post additional info.

Regards, Brian.

On 12/02/2014 12:53 AM, David Griffith wrote:
>
> I found a ten-pack of 8-inch floppy disks that have me confused. 
> They're from STAM@, a name I've never heard of before.  It's clear 
> that they're hard-sectored, but the index and sector holes are along 
> the outer edge. There's also a notch cut into the corner. Both of 
> these appear to be done in an attempt to restrict users to a single 
> vendor of floppies.
>
> Here are some pics:
> http://661.org/images/weird-floppy-front.jpg
> http://661.org/images/weird-floppy-back.jpg



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